Kevin Hansen
Take your Thanksgiving leftovers to a whole new level! A Neapolitan crust is topped with mashed butternut squash, leftover turkey, green beans, and dollops of cranberry sauce, and then drizzled with gravy.
Leftovers can get really boring, especially if you have already eaten them for a few days. In the interest of not wasting food, we present the Thanksgiving Leftovers Pizza. Ditch that tired, old, Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. If you don’t have exactly what’s listed in this recipe, just get creative and use what you’ve got!
I cooked this pizza in the Ooni Volt indoor oven. But you can use this recipe as a framework to cook your pizza in whichever oven and style you like—Neapolitan, Detroit, New York, or whatever. A regular home oven is okay, too.
Thanksgiving Turkey Leftovers Pizza
I bought 15 pizza ovens to hands-on test.It’s a hobby, not an obsession! Here are the best pizza ovens.Equipment
- Ooni Volt 12 Electric Pizza Oven (but you can use a different pizza oven or your home oven)
Ingredients
For the Pizza:
- 1 batch Poolish Pizza Dough
- 8 oz. leftover mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or squash
- 4 oz. leftover turkey, chopped
- 6 oz shredded mozzarella or fontina cheese
- 1/4 cup leftover green beans
- 1/4 cup leftover cranberry sauce or relish
- 1/4 cup leftover turkey gravy
Seriously. I have a lot of pizza ovens.Let me show you the best after hundreds of hours testing. Read my in-depth pizza oven reviews!Instructions
- Stretch out your pizza dough to a 12-inch circle.
- Top with a layer of potatoes or squash, followed by the cheese, then turkey, green beans, and dollops of cranberry sauce.
- Bake in your oven at 850°F for 2-3 minutes until crisp. If using a regular home oven, bake at 550°F for ~7 minutes or until crisp.
- Remove from the oven, drizzle with gravy, and allow to cool briefly before slicing and serving.
